If all politics is local, most locals cared about national politics on Election Day 2017. According to Politico, half of Virginia voters cited Trump was a reason for their vote. This backlash led to the most significant gains for Democrats since 1899.

Democrats came up short on Tuesday with losses in both GA and SC. People and pundits will go over the ‘should have, would have, could have’ list for the future. There will be plenty of time to analyze and reflect the data as it become available.

MERRIFIELD, VA – The Competitive Commonwealth Fund (CCFund), a Virginia PAC dedicated to recruiting and funding Democratic candidates in traditional GOP strongholds, announced its first wave of endorsements of the 2017 cycle, selecting 5 Democrats on Friday.

We know Republicans make it a practice to depreciate the accomplishments of labor, and even attack labor as unpatriotic. They usually keep this up for 18 months in a row but change their tune for Election years.
When votes are at stake, Republicans suddenly discover t...